Laelaps semitectus (L. Koch 1879) L. Koch 1879
- Dataset
- An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Laelapidae s. str. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Mesostigmata
- family
- Ascidae
- genus
- Laelaps
- species
- Laelaps semitectus
distribution
Distribution. Northern Eurasia, from Arkhangel’sk Region of Russia eastwards to northeastern Asia, including Wrangel Island (Belyaev, 1969; Zemskaya, 1973; Nikulina, 2004); Greenland (Trågärdh, 1904). A record of this species from Sweden was questioned by Edler & Mehl (1972). Indeed, D. torquatus is not known to occur in Scandinavian countries (Panteleev, 1998), and the finding of L. semitectus there seems unlikely. However, both Lemmus and Dicrostonyx occupied much wider geographic ranges in the recent geological history (Fedorov & Goropashnaya, 1999).
materials_examined
Type locality. Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Gåskup. Type hosts. Myodes obensis = Lemmus sibiricus. Principal host. The Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus (according to Pallas, 1778) (Belyaev, 1969; Bogdanov, 1975; Nikulina, 2004).